After the two of them tired themselves out, they reached home at three in the night. Both of them were covered in sand and salt water.As Sylvia took a shower, she laughed at how the day went. Despite all the fights between Blake and her, it was fun. It had been a long time since she had so much fun.Maybe for Blake, she was merely bothersome.But Sylvia enjoyed it. Very rarely did she get the chance to act so freely and childishly. It made her feel as though she hadn’t grown up yet.Sylvia went to sleep after that.Because of going back to sleep late at night, Sylvia woke up when the time for breakfast was almost over. It was the incessant hunger that woke her up.Her head did feel a little heavy, but she thought nothing much of it and blamed it on the lack of sleep.She saw her mother and Liam hugging each other on the couch. This didn’t made her feel disgusted anymore due to how used to it she became.The housekeeper prepared the sandwiches for her. Grabbing the sandwich, she bit i
Only a small wound sat on his forehead. The rest of his body was covered in blood. Seeing how he looked all well in front of her, Sylvia didn’t mind the blood and tried to pull him to hug her.Blake was caught off guard, but he acted fast by getting down. Although this was strange for him, he didn’t resist and let her wrap her hands around him. Her body was trembling as she broke out into sobs.He didn’t think she would be this afraid.“I was so scared. It was dark, and there was the bullets. I was worried they will find me. And you, I thought you will be attacked. Are you alright?”“Hmm,” she responded.Once Sylvia couldn’t cry anymore, she pulled away from him. Embarrassment flooded her due to the way she acted. It was because of being too overwhelmed. At least Blake wasn’t too inconsiderate to push her away.She was about to stand up when her head spun, and before she could collapse, he carried her in his arms. This startled her, and she started to move due to the discomfort.“You
Sylvia was shocked to see that Blake stood in her room. There was a smirk playing on his face, showing his satisfaction in seeing her at that state.Sylvia quickly wiped away the tears from her eyes and spoke, “Something got into my eyes. That’s it. What will I be crying for? Nonsense.”“So, should I help you run away?” he questioned.Sylvia fell into silence. When he made the similar offer previous time, she didn’t consider it because of her lack of trust in him. Of course, she doesn’t trust him now either.But she could see that he wasn’t serious about wanting her death. Earlier, he didn’t push her away when cried and didn’t mercilessly leave her alone when she was unwell. He even helped to protect her when he could have simply ignored her.That’s why, Sylvia nodded.She was desperate at this point. She wanted to get away from here. It was impossible to do so on her own.“Can you?”The corner of his lips only curved upwards as he stepped closer to her. He leaned down to grab on to h
As she was back from the trip, Sylvia avoided everyone. She couldn’t bear the sight of her mother or Liam after how they forced this on her. As for Blake, she couldn’t face him.She was scared of her attraction towards him. She only grew more aware of how she felt towards him after that kiss, and that’s something she didn’t want. Her having affections towards him would only make things difficult for her.For Blake, it was a moment of enjoyment, but Sylvia couldn’t take it in this manner when she feared being attached.That’s why, until the school opened, she spent her days in her room, not caring about social interactions. She ate in her room too.Sylvia thought she could turn to painting to calm her turmoil, but the only inspiration she had was related to Blake. That’s why, in the end, she gave in. However, instead of drawing him attractively, she tried to make fun of him in the portraits.She hoped that would diminish his charms.When she was tired of drawing, she read books. The li
Sylvia’s hand trembled, and she had never been so scared before. Nonetheless, under those glaring eyes of Blake, she managed to stitch the wound.She had no other option for he insisted on her doing it or else he would be leaving it open.She wondered if this was his new method of torturing her.Nevertheless, with all that groaning due to pain, he suffered worse. It would have truly been better to ask a doctor to handle this. Sylvia didn’t understand why he insisted on her.“What made you come here?” Sylvia asked.Blake silently yet intently stared at her, making her feel nervous. Even when he was injured, he gave off the dangerous feeling well.“Could it be that you finally got charmed by me and wanted to see me in times of your pain, ask me for my comfort?” Sylvia joked before awkwardly laughing.That was a bad one“Yes.”He caught her by shock at that. Her eyes widened. She stared at him in disbelief.However, those eyes of his darkened as he questioned, “So, how will you comfort m
Sylvia paused at the scene.Three boys stood tall. They were well-built and had a sadistic grin on their faces as they derived fun out of torturing the smaller boy sitting on the ground, covering his head for protection.She recognized the boy to be Mark.It would be best for Sylvia to pretend that this scene was invisible and walk away from there. All the other students did that. No one called for the teachers.From what she learned after being at this school was that the teachers held barely any power. The students ruled the school. Therefore, even if the students complained, the teacher would order them to not create an issue over petty matters.What classy school?It was entirely rotten.Sylvia truly didn’t have high sense of justice and wished to leave. Even if she protected him one time, it didn’t mean that he wouldn’t be attacked again.But she recalled how Mark considered her a friend. He smiled at her and approached her. Just where was that Emma who stuck to him all day long,
As Blake was going to head towards his room, Sylvia grabbed his hand and pulled him aside. She nervously asked, “What did your father mean with those words?”He raised an eyebrow.“Which ones?”“All that during dinner. Summarize it.” Sylvia looked at him with a sense of urgency.At this, he was kind enough to explain.“Probably get a group of bodyguards to follow you around.”Sylvia was dumbfounded at it.“Isn’t that too high-key even for rich kids like you?” she questioned.“You have the tendency to run into trouble,” he pointed out, “it would be good for you.”What did he mean good? Having bodyguard follow her around just like how a nanny kept an eye on a young child was embarrassing. She wouldn’t be able to show her face outside.“Wouldn’t that be disadvantageous to you? You won’t be able to bully me,” Sylvia spoke out. She hoped Blake would be able to convince his father to choose otherwise.At that, a teasing glint appeared in his eyes, and he smiled evilly. She knew that she had
After leaving a text to Blake on how she was going to hang out with her friends, she left with Emma and Mark to the arcade.The arcade was in a shopping mall not that far from the school. It was a fancy mall. Luckily, she didn’t have to pay for anything.Although Liam provided her with pocket money, she preferred to stay away from spending it. It was her own way of maintaining her pride.The two of them were familiar with the arcade compared to Sylvia. That’s why, she let them introduce the games to her. There were lots of fun games.Sylvia was concentrated on playing basketball. Watching the ball go through the hoop, she was determined to break her previous score. Couple of times, the ball missed the hoop, but as she played more and more, she grew better at it.She carried on until her arms started to hurt. Feeling a little thirsty, she left outside to get a drink after informing Mark and Emma about it. The three of them played separately, but it was fine for them. That’s how they en
Blake’s eyes fell on the woman lying beside him. He reached out to touch her hair and pushed it back. Even though years had passed, just the sight of her managed to fill his heart up with adoration.Never before did he think that he would end up being so lucky.When his eyes fell on her for the first time in that restaurant, he knew that she would be the one. It just took him time to cope up with the truth.He felt defensive about it. He didn’t want to fall down the same dark hole as his mother, especially since she was the daughter of that man.He was doing this because he hated her. At least that’s what he thought as he troubled her. But he knew it was because he craved her attention.Even though he tried, he couldn’t hate her.Whether it was the way she talked or carried herself, he couldn’t understand what attracted him to her so much initially. She was simply entertaining. There was never a boring moment for him around her.He tried to push her way and convince himself that she d
Sylvia pushed open the door to the medical room. A frown settled on her face when she saw the doctor was wrapping bandages around Blake’s body. She felt livid.Blake then dismissed the doctor.Sylvia stomped over to him and glared at her husband.“You think I wouldn’t find about it if you hid this from me?” she questioned, folding her arms over her chest.“Don’t create a fuss. This is a small injury.”“Small injury?”She laughed humorlessly.“It sure looks like that. Why don’t you just get shot at your heart and be done for? At least I wouldn’t have to worry everyday.”“I will protect myself better next time,” he voiced out.“Next time? When will be that next time? Do you know how I feel when you are out to work everyday? How would you feel if you were in my position, worrying if I would make it out alive?”Blake didn’t even want to think about that.He extended his hand to grab on to hers and said, “I am sorry. I don’t want to make you worry. And didn’t I give you my word that I won’
Sylvia’s eyes roamed around the place, wanting to look at anywhere but Liam. He made him lose all of her spirits. As for her dear husband, he had no issue in looking at him straight in the eyes.The tension was thick in the room.Her mother broke the silence by asking, “What about Nathan?”She answered, “We broke up.”Then, she forced out a smile on her face and carried on, “Thinking about it, dad, didn’t you always complain about Nathan being a wimp? Isn’t Blake a better option? He isn’t even trembling even though you beat him up.”Apparently, her dad didn’t find that to be humorous as he glared at her.“Why did you break up?” he questioned. His tone low.With his sharp eyes falling on Blake, he asked, “Did he—”Knowing what her father was getting to, Sylvia was quick to shake her head, and feeling embarrassed, she sheepishly rubbed the back of her head before answering, “He was sort of cheating on me for a while.”Sylvia gulped when she saw his father’s mood worsen.Blake only added
Staring at the mansion before her located in a secluded area got her to raise one of her eyebrow and fold her arms over her chest.“Now, why are we in front of this fancy mansion in the middle of the night? Is it your friend’s place or something?”Meanwhile, he held her hand to walk inside and answered, “It’s our home.”Sylvia needed a second to let that settle in.The sound of their home made her heart swell up with unsurmountable amount of warmth.However, she couldn’t let him get to her that easily.She pressed her feet on the floor to stop herself and pulled her hand away from his grip.Then, she said, “What do you mean our home? Are you forgetting that I stay at another country? I have my own place and job there. You don’t expect me to move in here, right?”“I do,” he answered, “we are married. Are you planning to stay away from me?”His eyes darkened.Sylvia shrugged her shoulders.“Not exactly, but you need to understand I have my life there. I can’t give it up for you. In the
When the car stopped, Sylvia got down, following Blake. Shock filled her to see that both of them stood in front of the courthouse. This got her to shoot him a puzzled gaze.“Why did you bring me here?” she asked, getting defensive.She couldn’t think why he would be bringing her here.“Let me tell you that I have always lived by the law,” she added.For a second there, she got the feeling that he mentally rolled his eyes.“To register for marriage.”“Register for marriage?”That only enveloped her in further confusion.She continued, “Marriage? Whose? Yours? You want me to be by your side or something? Or is it mine? Are you actually forcing me to marry someone? Is it a form of sick revenge?”“What do you think?”He raised an eyebrow.She laughed nervously.“Whatever it is, it wouldn’t be something as absurd as us getting married.”“That’s what it is.”If it wasn’t that Sylvia cared about how she presented herself, her jaw would have dropped then.What was even this?Was she hallucin
However, that slap never fell on her.Sylvia opened her eyes.Her eyes widened when she noticed how Blake had thrown off Nathan. The man then grabbed on to Nathan’s collar. Picking him effortlessly as though he weighed nothing, Blake delivered punches on his face.Although the sight was horrifying, especially with that nonchalant expression of Blake, Sylvia had satisfaction forming in her chest. Nathan deserved to be beaten like that.However, the noises created started to alarm the others. Seeing how the people gathered, Sylvia stepped in. She grabbed on to Blake’s shirt and pulled at it in order to stop his aggressive motions.“Stop. That’s enough.”At that, Blake looked back at her. Those eyes of his were filled with violent intensity and murderous intent. He was mad, and that instinctively made everyone take a step back.Sylvia gave him a reassuring smile.“Let’s not dirty our hands.”His eyes softened at it before going back to nonchalance. He released Nathan and kicked him one m
Sylvia held the room card in her hand as she went up the elevator. The reason she asked for it was because she thought it would be nice to surprise Nathan.Most importantly, when she heard that Blake owned the place, she wanted to take advantage of him. It sounded cool in her opinion.Standing in front of the hotel room, she inserted the room card and unlocked the door. She turned the knob and opened the door following that.As she entered the room, she noticed the pair of heels in front of the door and garments strewn over the place. This made her pause.Did she perhaps walk into a wrong room?That would be embarrassing!Before she was caught, Sylvia planned to leave. But before she turned back, the door to the room opened, and her breath was stuck in her throat. A barely dressed familiar man stepped out of the bedroom.Both of their eyes widened.“N-Nathan?” she stuttered out. The situation was too much for her to process.“What’s the matter?” came a drowsy woman’s voice. She saw a
As Sylvia returned back into the house, she turned on the phone screen in order to check the time only to realize that the phone in her hand belonged to Nathan.Both of them had same models of phone and cover, so they usually got mixed up. This was entirely a coincidence, and finding it to be funny, they decided to leave it like that.He should know her phone’s password and can use it. It’s too late to return it to him anyways.As Sylvia was about to climb up the stairs, she noticed that Blake was talking with few men. A serious expression sat on his face, and his presence was quite prominent and domineering.He surely knew how to stand out even now.After that, he dismissed the man, and his eyes fell on Sylvia. This made her give him a small.She then prompted to ask, “So, how is the relationship between you and Jennifer going? I thought I would be invited to your engagement by now.”Sylvia tried to block out as much as information as she could about Blake in order to get over him. T
Six years had passed since Sylvia came to this city for further education. Having graduated, she joined a medium-sized company as a graphic designer.She had a well-paid job and lived comfortably along with Nathan.Both of them started to date four years ago. Although she couldn’t compare what she felt for Blake back then with her emotions for Nathan, she saw herself spending a future with Nathan and genuinely liked him.He made feel happy.Both of their relationship went stably.Sylvia did want to move back home, but because Nathan was still searching for a job, they decided to stay here temporarily. She understood that he was having a difficult time.Unlike her, Nathan struggled with passing the university. Although he was an excellent student, university became too pressurizing for him, and he found it difficult to cope with.That’s why, his grades hadn’t been the best when he graduated. Moreover, the market was oversaturated with unemployed people, and finding a decently paying jo